SynopsisThe lost
Watershippers start to have doubts about Buttercup and her warren, as they find
out Mans involvement in its running. In an attempt to escape, however, they run
into trouble.

Guest
VoicesDawn French - Buttercup

Personal
ReviewTo be honest,
I preferred this second part over the first. The storyline seemed to keep up a
faster pace than the first part. I have to say, there were fewer memorable lines
than in the first part. About the best I could find was Kehaar's 'Hazel... good
rabbit! Bigwig.... good rabbit!.... Fiver... good rabbit!' quote. You just know
that if Pipkin hadn't interrupted him he'd have continued saying 'Hawkbit...
good rabbit etc' all night!

Some of the scenes also
showed some really effective emotion. When Kehaar first says Hazel and
the others aren't coming back, that horrified look on Primrose's face always
sends a chill down my spine. I also cant help but feel my ears filling
up as Pipkin desperately holds back the tears at that point.
Similarly, the happy emotions from both of the characters at the end, helps
finish a cold winter tale with a heart-warming glow.

In my opinion, the story
of Frith's promise, as told by Pipkin, is also one of the better Elahrairah
tales. The cunning plan by Elahrairah to trick Frith into returning to the
world seemed fully believable, if perhaps the reason for Frith leaving in
the first place didn't. 'He's gone to find out the secret of the universe'. As I
recall, Frith created all the stars and the worlds, showing his devine
power. Surely he would already have known the secret of the universe in
which he created them. I really need to stop reading too much into these
tales!

The most irritating part
of the second special, however, has to be the involvement of man. It seems to me
like a cheap excuse by the producers to somehow get a few Christmas carols into
a christmas episode. We certainly dont need Fiver saying 'It's Frith's eve, and
it sounds right'. Rabbits dont sing! (Well, unless you're from Cowslip's). Also,
the rabbits didn't seem to take much convincing that these were 'kind
humans'.

The only other thing
which bothered me about the episode was the incredibly disappointing fight
scenes. Bigwig charges angrilly at the rabbits from Buttercup's warren and...
well who knows. They cut straight to a scene showing Bigwig running out of the
warren. Then the rabbits pounce on Bigwig. Still no action-filled fight scene -
instead just a poor 'shadow' in the hedge. We dont get this poor excuse for
combat in the last episode of series 2, so why should it be used here. If they
weren't going to show it properly, they shouldn't have bothered at
all.

Rating (Out of 6) - Above Average

Slightly better than the first part, but still not enough to earn
it another star. The emotional involvement of the characters was, in my opinion,
well thought-out, and genuinely tear-jerking.